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OUD LAB ~ Merauke Shinrin
INCENSE, forest, earth, and clean leather, peaceful, and hot.
INCENSE, forest, earth, and clean leather, peaceful, and hot.
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Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
It's a shame because it's not like he doesn't know what he's talking about and he does have some good ones for sure. But yeah, he's not doing himself any favours with this stuff.
Mr.P
oud<3er
I think it would be OK as long as it's described honestly. i'm glad that the low end stuff is available to experiment with, for example the nine regions cheapest stuff actually has a decent oud scent when it burns. I also think foul smelling things sometimes are very useful as fixatives or as olfactory contrast. But if I were selling that stuff and had my name associated with it I would be warning every potential customer just out of self-respect.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Totally. Reputation is huge in this game.
Holioud
Hindi High Quality and Oudh Bengal oils
I got these over a year ago and they remain some of the most interesting oils I have, in my opinion. Oudh Bengal is earthy, barny, fennel. It’s a summer hike over dried hills through a dry creek-bed. Though in the winter I might say it’s fresh rain at the forest edge of a pasture. Not for barn-phobic, but I love it: it’s raw, rough oud with gritty nuance.
“Hindi High Quality” is a fresh, faintly honey, slightly barny, dried-grass, sweetening with time, refined oil. Much cleaner, lighter, and perhaps more straightforward than the Oudh Bengal. Though there’s still slight barnyard, this one feels refreshing and pure.
Holioud Habib on IG has oils for the most reasonable prices I’ve come across. These are not for everyone, but I certainly recommend them. This is a small, proud operation, and many of the steps of production are posted.
Hindi High Quality and Oudh Bengal oils
I got these over a year ago and they remain some of the most interesting oils I have, in my opinion. Oudh Bengal is earthy, barny, fennel. It’s a summer hike over dried hills through a dry creek-bed. Though in the winter I might say it’s fresh rain at the forest edge of a pasture. Not for barn-phobic, but I love it: it’s raw, rough oud with gritty nuance.
“Hindi High Quality” is a fresh, faintly honey, slightly barny, dried-grass, sweetening with time, refined oil. Much cleaner, lighter, and perhaps more straightforward than the Oudh Bengal. Though there’s still slight barnyard, this one feels refreshing and pure.
Holioud Habib on IG has oils for the most reasonable prices I’ve come across. These are not for everyone, but I certainly recommend them. This is a small, proud operation, and many of the steps of production are posted.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
I know I've been banging on a bit lately about Habzoud Oud - Boran but I honestly think, for me anyway, it can't get better. Can it get better than this one? Those of you who have tried it know what I'm talking about. It opens with all the insanely beautiful incense deep wood notes that we love. Merauke, Tigerwood etc and this lasts for many hours. All top and middle notes here. Then as it slowly progresses into the dry down it morphes completely into that signature Habzoud scent. I don't know how he does it other than by really knowing his business. Those dry down notes that also present themselves in other beauties such as Raja & Gaharu Uno just shine through divinely and keep on going. The longevity is insane. I don't know what I'm going to do when I'm finished this bottle? 🙏🙏💚
Habz786
Resident Artisan & Ouddict Co-Founder
This is one of the most slept on Oud oils and one of my personal favorites, if people paid 1000$ for it, they would rave about it. Thats my own fault but my pricing is fair. For under 300$ this oil is easily one of the best Ouds that ever hit the market. Not just Oud Boran, any Habzoud oil Swipe it against any 1000$ plus oil and see for yourself.....
Mike Jonez
True Ouddict
Arakan Classic by @An Najwa. The initial scent I got from this oud smelt like something very familiar, but I couldn’t put my finger on it at first. Until a few days ago when it hit me: it smells very similar to a Raspberry syrup I used to drink. Dark and sweet, I associate it with the color purple. It also has a light incensy dimension. It has a clean nature, no funky aspect like other Buremese I have smelt in the past. To be honest never really smelt an oil that smells similar(with my relatively unexperienced nose)
Dr B1414
True Ouddict
Wanted to do a Maluku oil breakdown but I'm not in the mood for analysis and decided to go for pleasure instead. Reached out for Laotian Sinensis.
Oriscent Pusong LTD
Jinkoh Store Pusong QI
I thought about adding Taha's Lao Gold but it would have broken the harmony as that oil feels more juvenile and playful next to these two due to its prominent "Apple Strudel" facets.
Pusong LTD what an oil. This takes that structure Royal Kinam 1 has but removes the Hong Kong bitterness and cranks up the honey facets to 11. The incense smoke is denser but more refined, not as piercing. A cloud of fat smoke, ancient wood, pollen, lush flowers, and a heap of crystalized honey that seems to glaze atop the wood. Delicious, deep, and contemplative.
I remember reading an interesting thread on Oudville some time ago when Ensar posted a picture of his batch of vintage Laos wood. Never saw those pieces on his website. It was a small heap of wood anyway, that he'd probably never sell. He wrote back then that was what Laos offered decades ago. That the wood was of such high caliber that hunters would get the wood in Laos, cross the border to Vietnam, and sell it as Vietnamese and no one would dare complain since the wood was even better than the one they had in Vietnam. That was Laos back then. I'd imagine the likes of Pusong LTD had some of that juiced into it. It doesn't smell like any oil one could distill from younger trees/wood.
Pusong QI another statement maker for what Laotian Sinensis can be. I like to see this oil as the younger generation that followed Pusong LTD. It has that same crystalized honey goodness going on but of course, it smells more green, less deep wood, and has no ancient aroma. No smoke. But that same DNA of wood adorned with honey, pollen, florals, and a green zinginess that fits so well. Amazing oil that used a huge deal of sinking-grade wood in the making process. One can argue it displays some green kinam facets.
Both these oils are a true statement of how Sinensis Laotian oils can not only rival but better so many Chinese and Vietnamese oils. They are sweeter and more honey dominant which could be a major preference factor for those who don't like the Chinese bitter bite or the earthy and nutty Vietnamese touch.
Oriscent Pusong LTD
Jinkoh Store Pusong QI
I thought about adding Taha's Lao Gold but it would have broken the harmony as that oil feels more juvenile and playful next to these two due to its prominent "Apple Strudel" facets.
Pusong LTD what an oil. This takes that structure Royal Kinam 1 has but removes the Hong Kong bitterness and cranks up the honey facets to 11. The incense smoke is denser but more refined, not as piercing. A cloud of fat smoke, ancient wood, pollen, lush flowers, and a heap of crystalized honey that seems to glaze atop the wood. Delicious, deep, and contemplative.
I remember reading an interesting thread on Oudville some time ago when Ensar posted a picture of his batch of vintage Laos wood. Never saw those pieces on his website. It was a small heap of wood anyway, that he'd probably never sell. He wrote back then that was what Laos offered decades ago. That the wood was of such high caliber that hunters would get the wood in Laos, cross the border to Vietnam, and sell it as Vietnamese and no one would dare complain since the wood was even better than the one they had in Vietnam. That was Laos back then. I'd imagine the likes of Pusong LTD had some of that juiced into it. It doesn't smell like any oil one could distill from younger trees/wood.
Pusong QI another statement maker for what Laotian Sinensis can be. I like to see this oil as the younger generation that followed Pusong LTD. It has that same crystalized honey goodness going on but of course, it smells more green, less deep wood, and has no ancient aroma. No smoke. But that same DNA of wood adorned with honey, pollen, florals, and a green zinginess that fits so well. Amazing oil that used a huge deal of sinking-grade wood in the making process. One can argue it displays some green kinam facets.
Both these oils are a true statement of how Sinensis Laotian oils can not only rival but better so many Chinese and Vietnamese oils. They are sweeter and more honey dominant which could be a major preference factor for those who don't like the Chinese bitter bite or the earthy and nutty Vietnamese touch.
TheOudDood
Not that Brandon
In light of the great post above, I decided to swipe Laos from Fushigi. Reminds me a lot of Lao4k from AA but better.
Side by side with Hainan, the contrasts are really something 🙂
Side by side with Hainan, the contrasts are really something 🙂
-Renton-
True Ouddict
Maunamoku - Hirta Deadwood.
Not worn this in a long time, got 1.3-1.5g 9 months ago and still have a large amount left.
Sweet gasoline resinous notes, with semi-sweet greenery forest notes, vaporous fresh mintiness, wet earthy, soil notes and chocolate, agarwood with slight incense-y notes, powdery florals, caramel, chocolate covered florals, fresh airy breezes, and some spiciness.
Good oil, after 9months it has kinda gotten thicker.
Not worn this in a long time, got 1.3-1.5g 9 months ago and still have a large amount left.
Sweet gasoline resinous notes, with semi-sweet greenery forest notes, vaporous fresh mintiness, wet earthy, soil notes and chocolate, agarwood with slight incense-y notes, powdery florals, caramel, chocolate covered florals, fresh airy breezes, and some spiciness.
Good oil, after 9months it has kinda gotten thicker.
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Mr.P
oud<3er
I'm still wrapping my head around the Lao profile as it (no surprise) covers a wide range depending on materials and methods used and my experience is very spread out - a few in the late 90's, a few in the early 00's, and a feew more recently. Some unique fermentation notes both cheesy and swampy amongst those oils, as well as some beautiful rich pungent earthy spikenard notes and high singing bright tangy scintillating wood notes that really stand out.
Mr.P
oud<3er
That sounds like a treat
-Renton-
True Ouddict
Yep!!! Hardly wear this oil, its a very nice oil, quite unique.
Mr.P
oud<3er
I feel like this (Omar, An Najwa, 2020) is an especially fine Assam. i'm struggling to articulate what I smell but the main thing is a number of facets that I have experienced in blown out form are presented in a balanced and more approachable form in the oil. It's all there it just seems to have been skillfully produced and balanced, and the result is a shifting experience that doesn't get bogged down in any one aspect of the oil - the barnyard, the fermented, the resinous, the custardy, the woody and the herbsl/sassafrass layers are present just enough to pull you in but not enough to slap you across the face which is something that I appreciate. As a bonus there's none of that iodine/ Band-Aid note which I appreciate in a couple of oils but don't enjoy particularly.
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Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Spot on. Particulary with the rasberry note. It's a jam note for me.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Hazboud - Raja Hijau This is such a luxurious oud and very clean as well. I put on a swipe about an hour before bed as my partner doesn't seem to mind this one and this morning now I'm still getting wiffs of it bit it's like it's gone kinamic on me. That sweet, minty note. So good.
Dr B1414
True Ouddict
Jinkoh Store Malinau Qi
I had been craving this one for some time and today was its day. The NUTTIEST Borneo I tried. Peanuts galore. Dusty, dry, no sweetness. All-natural peanut butter atop natural-flavored vanilla ice cream. Some faint green and lush white floral facets. Dusty wood. Pure bliss. Thick oil, saturates my receptors. A Jinkoh oil to remember. Amazing!
I had been craving this one for some time and today was its day. The NUTTIEST Borneo I tried. Peanuts galore. Dusty, dry, no sweetness. All-natural peanut butter atop natural-flavored vanilla ice cream. Some faint green and lush white floral facets. Dusty wood. Pure bliss. Thick oil, saturates my receptors. A Jinkoh oil to remember. Amazing!
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